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New York City imposes one-year generative AI moratorium through eighth grade
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Fusion42 · 3 September 2026 · Fusion42 review
New York City Public Schools will impose a one-year moratorium on student-facing generative AI for students from 2-K through eighth grade in the 2026-27 school year, while limiting high school AI use to supervised pilots and AI literacy modules.
This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of Edtech.
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K-8 AI education just shut down for a year in New York City. Edtech founders must switch focus to assistive tech or high school AI literacy offerings to stay on market this cycle.
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